The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario recognizes and celebrates the contributions of twenty-one inspirational

First Nations, Métis and Inuit women in Canada

Ma-Nee ChacabyCree/Ojibway, Ombabika First Nation, Elder, Storyteller, Visual Artist,

Activist, Actor, Author.

Jeannette Corbiere LavellAnishinaabe, Activist, Author, Founding Member - Ontario Native Women’s Association,

Indigenous Women of the Americas, and Anduhyaun Inc.

Jody Wilson-Raybould Descendant of the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk and Laich-Kwil-Tach Peoples, Member of the

We Wai Kai Nation, Lawyer, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

Carey-Leigh ThomasHaudenosaunee, Six Nations, Athlete - Women’s National Softball Team, Teacher.

Dr. Cindy BlackstockMember of the Gitksan First Nation, Executive Director - First Nations Child and Family

Caring Society of Canada, Professor, Advocate, Author, Public Speaker.

Josephine MandaminAnishinaabe, Wikwemikong Unceded Territory, Environmentalist,

“The Water Walker,” 2015 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award Recipient.

Dr. Pamela Doris Palmater Mi’kmaq, Eel River Bar First Nation, Lawyer, Professor, Author, Public Speaker, Activist,

Holds 4 University Degrees, Spokesperson/Educator - Idle No More.

Christi BelcourtMichif (Métis), Visual Artist, Activist, Author, Founding Member - Walking With Our Sisters,

2015 Art Gallery of Ontario “People’s Choice” Recipient.

Nicola I. Campbell Métis/Nle7kepmx/Nsilx, Award-Winning Author, Scholar.

Maria CampbellMétis, Author, Activist, Playwright, Filmmaker, Teacher.

Tantoo CardinalMétis/Cree/Nakota, Actor, Writer, Public Speaker, Order of Canada Award Recipient.

Hon. Senator Dr. Thelma Julia Chalifoux Métis, Appointed to the Senate of Canada, Honourary Doctorate Recipient,

Public Speaker, Lecturer, Founding Member - Michif Cultural and Resource Institute.

Marilyn DumontCree/Métis, Writer, Poet, Author, Instructor.

Dr. Olive Patricia Dickason Métis, Journalist, Historian, Professor, Writer, Activist.

Laura Arngna’naaqInuk of the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Activist, Artist, Scholar,

Chartered Accountant, Co-Founder - Torontomiutaujugut.

Alethea Arnaquq-BarilInuk, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Activist, Filmmaker, Producer, Director, Owner - Unikkaat Studios Inc.,

Founding Member - TV Nunavut Educational Broadcast Society.

Sheila Watt-CloutierInuk, Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, Author, Public Speaker, Environmentalist,

Cultural/Human Rights Advocate, Pioneer of Linking Climate Change to Human Rights.

Meeka KilabukInuk, Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Teacher, Fashion Designer, 2012 Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond

Jubilee Medal Recipient, Founding Member - Nunavut Council of People with Disabilities.

Mary J. May SimonInuk, Kangirsualuujuaq, Nunavik, President - Inuit Circumpolar Council,

Canadian Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs (Foreign Affairs), President - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

Tanya Tagaq GillisInuk, Nunavut, Traditional Inuit Throat Singer, Artist, Recipient of Several Music Awards.

Jessie Aputi FraserInuk, Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Inuit Throat Singer, Early Childhood Educator, Inuit Language and Cultural Advocate, Journalist, Youth Representative.

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